Who benefits from which activity? On the relations between personality traits, leisure activities, and well-being

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6202968
AutoresNiclas Kuper (0000-0001-6901-0205, Bielefeld University), Lara Kroencke (0000-0002-4660-7428, University of Münster), Gabriella M Harari (0000-0001-9258-9075, Stanford University), Jaap J A Denissen (0000-0002-6282-4107, Utrecht University)
Año2023
Volumen125
Número1
Páginas141-172
Fecha de publicación2023-07-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Personality and Social Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0022-3514 • E-ISSN: 1939-1315
EditorialAmerican Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1037/pspp0000438
PMID36326676
OpenAlexW4308058541
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas13

59,108 assessments), which included measures of the Big Five personality traits, 15 different leisure activities, and affective well-being and life satisfaction. Our preregistered multilevel models revealed three sets of findings. First, we observed on average small expected between-person associations between leisure activities and well-being (e.g., higher average levels of holidays, evening socializing, talking to close others, exercise, and cultural activities were associated with higher well-being). Annual within-person fluctuations in several leisure activities also predicted well-being in expected ways, but effect sizes were very small and varied strongly across participants. Second, personality traits were related to leisure activities in hypothesized ways, yielding on average small but also some moderate and large correlations. Third, Personality Trait × Leisure Activity interactions were only evident on the between-person level, very small in size, and in the opposite direction of our expectations. Personality traits did not moderate well-being benefits from leisure within persons. We discuss the implications of our findings and sketch an agenda for future work. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)

Big Five personality traits · Big Five personality traits and culture · Developmental psychology · Evening · Life satisfaction · Personality · Trait · Well-being · Behavioral Health and Interventions · Impact of Technology on Adolescents · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction · Psychology · Social Psychology